Test Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 44 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +15
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.52% 0.93% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 1.20% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £435
25th Percentile £363 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £388 - £550
90th Percentile - - £565
East of England median daily rate £375 £420 £450
% change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.88 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £29.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -44.76% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £32.69 £53.75
90th Percentile - £33.63 -
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £41.27 £52.50
% change year-on-year -9.12% -21.40% -6.25%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 277 333 436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.45% 77.26% 79.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 123 250
10th Percentile £208 £221 £205
25th Percentile £364 £329 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £596
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 109 91
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.74 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +20.60% +18.13%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.93 £20.56
90th Percentile £57.51 £53.75 £28.75
East of England median hourly rate £41.50 £47.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +69.64% +41.34%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 2 - - 8
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) 5G
1 3 (60.00%) LTE
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) GSM
2 1 (20.00%) WCDMA
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) 5G
1 3 (60.00%) LTE
2 1 (20.00%) GSM
2 1 (20.00%) WCDMA
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP